The water inside the ear is sticky and a bit smelly, which may be caused by otitis externa, purulent otitis media and cholesteatoma otitis media.
1. Otitis externa: Otitis externa is a chronic non-specific inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues of the external auditory canal caused by bacterial or fungal infections or metaplasia, and the patient will have secretions from the external auditory canal, running water, and sometimes accompanied by the symptom of odor.
2. Suppurative otitis media: often secondary to upper respiratory tract infections, patients will have obvious pain in the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane perforation accompanied by a large amount of secretion, sometimes with a foul odor.
3. Cholesteatoma otitis media: due to the squamous epithelial cells in the middle ear cavity and mastoid growth, shedding, accumulation and formation, the patient will appear for a long time secretion, and accompanied by a foul smell.
When the patient appears to have water inside the ear sticky and a little bit of odor, we should go to the hospital in time, after the cause of the disease and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment.